“I was doing an interview and somebody said, ‘Oh, all of these people are insuring their parts, so they were like, ‘Would you insure the ladies?’ And I said, ‘No, I’m not gonna.’ And they said, ‘How much would you do it for if you did?’ ”

Hewitt claimed the number she threw out -- $2.5 million per breast, for a grand total of $5 million -- was strictly hypothetical and merely an attempt “to get them to move on” that was later “blown out of proportion.”

Hewitt’s chest is a frequent topic of conversation on “Jimmy Kimmel Live.” The last time she was on his show, Kimmel presented her with a blown-up version of her own cleavage (in reality, a detail from the “The Client List” billboard across the street from the show). On Monday night, Hewitt told Kimmel she kept the unusual gift in her office for months, where her colleagues enthusiastically posed for pictures.